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The field of Nonlinear Optics (NLO), launched about 60 years ago, has gained considerable momentum over the past two decades, resulting in an enormous growth in NLO publications for a wide range of material categories, including bulk materials, 0D-1D-2D materials, metamaterials, fiber waveguiding materials, on-chip waveguiding materials, and hybrid waveguiding systems. However, a convenient summary of NLO data collected since 2000 for these different material types has been lacking and would be a valuable resource for researchers in the field. Here, we present a new set of data tables showcasing a representative list of NLO properties taken from the literature since 2000 on the above-mentioned material categories. Furthermore, we provide best practices for performing and reporting NLO experiments. These best practices underpin the selection process that we used for including papers in the tables, and also form the foundation for a more adequate comparison, interpretation, and use of the NLO parameters published today and those that will be published in the future.
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Post-2000 nonlinear optical materials and their characterization: data tables and best practices
In its 60 years of existence, the field of nonlinear optics (NLO) has witnessed tremendous growth, and it has been gaining additional momentum over the past two decades thanks to major breakthroughs in materials science and technology. However, a data table providing an overview of these post-2000 developments in NLO has not yet been presented. Here, we introduce a new set of NLO data tables based on a representative collection of experimental works published since 2000 for different material categories (bulk materials, solvents, 0D-1D-2D materials, metamaterials, fiber waveguiding materials, on-chip waveguiding materials, hybrid waveguiding systems, and THz NLO materials) [1]. The data tables are mostly focused on experimental papers that not only provided NLO coefficients, but also reported experimental parameters that give the context and limits of validity for using the quoted coefficient values. In this regard, we decided to also include in our work a list of best practices for performing and reporting NLO experiments [1].
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- Award ID(s):
- 1808928
- PAR ID:
- 10507316
- Publisher / Repository:
- Optica
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2023
- ISBN:
- 979-8-3503-4599-5
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Location:
- Munich, Germany
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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